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Posts By: Laurel Starks

Divorce Court Preparation

Why is it important for a parent to prepare for divorce court?
(1 minute 28 seconds read)

Divorce and Money

Only you can decide whether your eventual reward will be worth the time and expense of a trial. Make sure you understand the pitfalls you’re likely to encounter.
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Divorce – What Occurs and How Long It Takes

By now it should be clear that even in the best of circumstances, your divorce will take several months if not years.
(2 minutes 18 seconds read time)

Smoothing the Transition of Moving Homes

There are ways to lessen the impact that a move has on the children.
(3 minutes 59 seconds read time)

Quick Advice for Relaxed coParent Conversation

The next time you have a conversation, try tactics of relaxing, breathing and pausing. And taking time to analyze the silence.
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Getting Approval To Sell Your Home After Divorce

For a short sale to proceed, every selected stakeholder must approve it: all the mortgage holders as well as any other lien holders.
(1 minute 3 second read time)

Avoiding Surprises Before Selling Your Home

Before making any long-range plans of selling a home, it’s important to find out whether your home has any equity.  Reality can pack some rude surprises. If you’re envisioning a comfortable future based on imagined proceeds that will never actually materialize, it’s better to find this out and make the adjustment now, rather than after […]

Divorcing Homeowners – When There’s No Equity to Divide

If you obtained financing at the peak of the market, positive equity may be years away. You still might need to liquidate loans beyond the divorce scenario.
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Easy Breezy coParent Communication

Negotiations are messy. It helps to have anchors—ways of grounding yourself. Two of the best are breathing and pausing. Breathing  Most of us pay little attention to our breath, except when we lose it. We usually breathe shallowly, just enough to fill our lungs. Breathing fully from our bellies helps us to maintain equilibrium. Breathing from […]

coParent’s Important Communication to Children

Most of us acknowledge the importance of communication but find it difficult to practice — especially with our children. Put simply, they don’t often say what they’re really feeling. As Dr. Bingham Newman observes, “They’re more likely to tell the parents what they think the parent wants to hear.” To get the true picture, we […]

15 Tips for Telling Your Child You are Getting Divorced

When parents have reached the decision to tell their child they are getting divorced or separated, Dr. Bingham Newman offers this candid advice. “You have to keep that door or window open,” she said. “You have to communicate with kids! And if you haven’t been up till then, you’d better start.” Newman provided a list […]

Assessing Your Financial Picture After Divorce

The pressing decision you face regarding your house during a divorce also presents a unique opportunity to assess your entire financial picture.
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How to Handle Regret After Divorce

Emotions can lead us to do strange things, particularly when circumstances seem especially dire. It may feel as if your actions are beyond your control at these times, and in some ways they are. Most people have heard of the fight, flight, or freeze response. This reaction is biologically triggered in both animals and humans […]

Divorce & Finances – With the Kids in Mind

If you have children, their welfare will naturally weigh heavily in your decision-making, as it should. But we’ve noted that knee-jerk decisions made “for the kids” aren’t always the best. On the other hand, you may be so overwhelmed by your own emotional crises that the kids become a distant afterthought. Some clearheaded guidance will […]

Professional Advice for Divorce

If it’s hazardous to make big decisions during the emotional roller coaster of divorce, what’s the answer? Aren’t some decisions forced on us at this very vulnerable time? Indeed, they are. Fortunately, there are experts whose calling is to help us make those decisions and get through the crisis intact. An attorney is often the […]